Dreaming in process

Sunday, April 27, 2008

Hand of Hope

A picture began circulating in November. It should be 'The Picture of the Year,' or perhaps, 'Picture of the Decade.' It won't be. In fact, unless you obtained a copy of the US paper which published it, you probably would never have seen it.

The picture is that of a 21-week-old unborn baby named Samuel Alexander Armas, who is being operated on by surgeon named Joseph Bruner.

The baby was diagnosed with spina bifida and would not survive if removed from his mother's womb. Little Samuel's mother, Julie Armas, is an obstetrics nurse in Atlanta. She knew of Dr. Bruner's remarkable surgical procedure. Practicing at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, he performs these special operations while the baby is still in the womb.

During the procedure, the doctor removes the uterus via C-section and makes a small incision to operate on the baby. As Dr.Bruner completed the surgery on Samuel, the little guy reached his tiny, but fully developed hand through the incision and firmly grasped the surgeon's finger. Dr.Bruner was reported as saying that when his finger was grasped, it was the most emotional moment of his life, and that for an instant during the procedure he was just frozen, totally immobile.

The photograph below captures this amazing event with perfect clarity. The editors titled the picture, 'Hand of Hope.' The text explaining the picture begins, 'The tiny hand of 21-week- old fetus Samuel Alexander Armas emerges from the mother's uterus to grasp the finger of Dr. Joseph Bruner as if thanking the doctor for the gift of life.'

Little Samuel's mother said they 'wept for days' when they saw the picture. She said, 'The photo reminds us pregnancy isn't about disability or an illness, it’s about a little person.' Samuel was born in perfect health, the operation 100 percent successful.

Now see the actual picture, and how awesome and completely incredible it is...

dreaming @ 8:30 PM

Friday, April 18, 2008

abcdefg

Yesterday I saw an interesting message...

Q: What does abcdefg stands for?

Ans: A Boy Can Do Everything For Girls

dreaming @ 9:35 PM

Thursday, April 03, 2008

When did you last read a storybook?

For me, I last read an entire storybook like ages ago!! Haha, as a adult now, I often read magazines or textbooks, and rarely do I read storybooks now.

When I was young, my mum would often bring my siblings and I to the library..Back then, I would excitedly run to the children's section to find my favourite series of storybooks! Haha, my fav series then were "The babysitters", and books by "Enid Blyton" and "Ronald Dahl". Keke, still remembered there were once where we were allowed to borrow up to 8 books per person and together with my siblings, we brought home 24 books at one go!! Very heavy!!

Keke, I had very few entertainment so reading a storybook could keep me occupied for quite some time.. no $$ needed.. haha.. When I reached around JC, I did not go to the library as often and slowly, I didn't touch my library card at all... Oops....

Recently, I manage to read a storybook! I am only half way through but I think I have re-discovered the joy of reading a storybook... My storybook belongs to the "kid" section, haha but I enjoy reading it.. keke...

So when is the last time you read a storybook? =)

dreaming @ 9:36 PM